Nightmares and Monsters

Part 24

Previously in Chapter 23

What we were not expecting was for Jetfire to stand over us like a Vulture over a dead carcass and yell out, "No time to explain. Hold on, everybody! Stay still or you'll die!" Jazz's Holoform fizzled out at hearing that and transformed into his bipedal form to grab a hold of me before we were surrounded by a flash of intense bright light, and a scared chirp from Anubis as he was shook around in my pocket. All I could do was pray to whatever God or Goddess was listening, that we came out of this alive at the other end.

Chapter 24

I had always wanted to feel like I was flying like a bird, but doing so without wings was a completely different experience, I was holding onto Anubis so tightly that he was screeching in pain to which I relaxed my hold slightly, didn't want to hurt the poor thing due to my fright.

Falling through the air on the other hand (without a parachute) was not something I ever wanted to do again. As I fell I looked to see where Jazz was, since his Holoform had fizzled out when Jetfire had done what he had. All I can say was that it was an immense amount of energy that drove my senses crazy, and I cried out in shock as I hit something metallic, silver and warm as I landed.

"Primus dat 'urt!" came a familiar voice from above me. Turning to face the voice slowly since I figured hitting something that hard was going to leave bruising the size of a fist on my back and ribs, I smiled at my Guardian and friend.

"Jazz ya crazy Mech! Ya caught meh! I love ya's fer it, but mah back sure doesn't thank ya much, I think ah'm gonna have some rather interesting bruises once we're done here." I said as I twisted slightly to see where we at. Seeing that I wanted down, Jazz gently placed me in a sitting position on the warm sand. Reaching out with my senses, I could tell that the Ley Lines here were old, very old, Ancient even and welcoming to someone like me, talking to me and letting me know just where we were - Egypt.

Finally getting up after pulling my senses back in, I stood up and made my way in the direction I could feel Jetfire's older Spark energy and waving for Jazz to follow me. We reached him before the rest, although I could see Simmons climbing up the other side of the bluff the old Mech was sat upon.

"Well, that wasn't so bad. I just hope we're still on the right planet." came Jetfire's voice making me ponder just what he meant, and before I got the chance to ask him, another smaller and angrier voice spoke up. "Hey, that freaking hurt!" Of course Wheelie had to grouch about something happening to him.

"That really, really hurt. You're just lucky that I didn't get hurt! People could have gotten killed, okay? And if I would have gotten hurt, you would have heard..." came the voice of Simmons as he finally climbed up to where we were on top of a mesa. Trust this idiot to make this out to be all about him and not everyone else's safety.

"Shut up. I told you I was opening a space bridge. It's the fastest way to travel to Egypt." snapped Jetfire as he glared at Simmons, while I thought back on the tingling sensation that had occurred when he was activating said 'Space Bridge'. It seemed to explain so much to my senses, yet almost nothing at the same time, which made it even more confusing.

"Why are we in Egypt?" asked Sam, apparently I had missed out on some of the conversation going on around me, and looking towards my Guardian and then down at Anubis I realized that they knew it too, if their smirks were anything to go by - Damn it!

"Don't you get snippy with me, fleshling! You were duly informed!" snipped back Jetfire to Sam - yep I really missed out on the conversation there folks. What I wasn't ready for was Simmons taking control and calming the strained situation between Sam and the Old Seeker. "Can you just stop for a second? Can you focus? Can you tell us why we're in Egypt so we can all have a little bit of semblance of peace of mind?"